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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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